Question

Which is the largest shipyard in India?
a. Kolkata
b. Kochi
c. Mumbai
d. Visakhapatnam

Answer 1

Hint:
- A shipyard is a place where ships are constructed and repaired (also called a dockyard). Yachts, military vessels, cruise liners, or other cargo or passenger ships may be involved. Dockyards are often more linked to maintenance and base operations than shipyards, which are often more linked to initial construction.

- In the Harappan port city of Lothal, circa 2600 BC in Gujarat, India, the world's earliest known dockyards were constructed.

Complete solution:
India's largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). It is situated in the port city of Kochi, in Kerala state, India. This shipyard deals primarily with shipbuilding, ship construction and repair of ships.

- In 1972, as a Government of India company, Cochin Shipyard was incorporated and it came under the Public Sector category.
- The yard has the facilities to build up to 1.1 lakh tonnes of vessels and up to 1.25 lakh tonnes of repair vessels, which is the largest such facility in India.
- The first ship to roll out of this shipyard was MV Rani Padmini in 1981.
- Every year in this huge shipyard, about 100 marine engineers are trained.
- In the maintenance and construction of Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard ships, the yard also extends its side.
- The yard is currently constructing the warship INS Vikrant, the first Indian Navy aircraft carrier to be built and constructed in India.


Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
India's first indigenous aircraft carrier is currently being constructed by Cochin Shipyard. INS Vikrant (formerly the 'Air Defence Ship' Project 71) is the first Indian Navy aircraft carrier to be planned and constructed in India. The carrier will be the largest CSL built warship. It is predicted that the building will be finished by February 2021.